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March 9, 2013, 4:45 AM

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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Google to Pay $7M to Settle Wi-Spy Case With More Than 30 U.S. Attorneys General — Google will soon settle with the attorneys general representing more than 30 U.S. states over its Street View cars collecting data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, multiple sources said.

More: Bloomberg, The Verge, TechCrunch, Guardian, Associated Press, CNET, VentureBeat, Search Engine Land and Ars Technica. Tweets: @benlower

David Kravets / Wired:

Appeals Court Curbs Border Agents' Carte Blanche Power to Search Your Gadgets — A federal appeals court for the first time ruled Friday that U.S. border agents do not have carte blanche authority to search the cellphones, tablets and laptops of travelers entering the country — a “watershed” …

More: Techdirt, The Verge, Associated Press and Politico. Tweets: @declanm

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

No Winning Exploit Found For Chrome OS At Annual Hacking Competition, Pwnium 3 — Google's operating system Chrome OS survived all attempts to hack it at this year's Pwnium 3 competition, which took place at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, BC this week.

More: Geek.com, ZDNet, Mozilla Security Blog, Computerworld, Naked Security, Pocketables, Mobile Magazine, TechSpot and Network World

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:

An iPhone Lover's Take On The Nexus 4 — This is the first Android device I would feel comfortable using on a regular basis. — That doesn't mean I'm going to, but I would be just fine with it. — If I had to boil down my thoughts about the Nexus 4 into two sentences, those would be them.

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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

No Google Glasses allowed, declares Seattle dive bar — Google's high-tech augmented reality “Project Glass” spectacles are still in development, and not available for purchase. But Seattle's 5 Point Cafe is getting ahead of the game — and fueling a debate over privacy — by banning the devices from the bar in advance.

More: MyNorthwest.com, CNET, The Register, Google+ and Neowin

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Netflix Stops Issuing API Keys To New Developers, Effectively Ending Its Developer Program — Netflix just used the quiet Friday afternoon to announce that it is effectively ending its public developer program. Netflix will stop issuing API keys immediately and will not accept new API affiliates.

More: Netflix API, BitBQ Blog, The Verge, Engadget and T3 News

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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Facebook acquires Storylane team, but does not get its product, stories or data — Facebook has acquired the team behind community story sharing service Storylane, its CEO Jonathan Gheller said in a post on the site today. The acquisition, first noted by GigaOm, is of the team behind …

More: GigaOM, Digits, AllThingsD, CNET, TechCrunch, Mashable!, digitaltrends.com, PC Magazine, AllFacebook, Inside Facebook, bizjournals, VentureBeat and PandoDaily

Wall Street Journal:

New Money Ventures to Silicon Valley — When SurveyMonkey LLC Chief Executive Dave Goldberg wanted to raise money for his Palo Alto, Calif., company, he didn't lean on the venture capitalists that scour Silicon Valley looking for the next Google Inc. or Facebook Inc.

More: bizjournals, VatorNews and Deal Journal

ZDNet:

What's up with Apple's down low on Ebay sales? — Summary: Apple's Ebay store is something of a mystery. Cheaper prices (mostly) on its refurbished hardware. Is there a story here? Inquiring minds want to know. — Ken Hess — Early this morning before I coud even clear the crust out of my eyes …

More: Gizmodo, LAPTOP Magazine, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Electronista, digitaltrends.com and PandoDaily

Sinead Carew / Reuters:

T-Mobile USA to start BlackBerry Z10 business sales on March 11 — T-Mobile USA, the fourth biggest U.S. mobile service provider, said on Friday that it would start selling the highly anticipated and much delayed BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone to its business customers on March 11.

More: Engadget, PhoneArena, SlashGear, Pocketnow, IntoMobile and Bloomberg

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Social app monetization kicks in as App Store revenue jumps 87% year-over-year: Report — Social networking apps are beginning to pay off quite nicely after monthly revenues for the category on the App Store jumped 87% year-over-year in January, according to a new study from App Annie.

More: VentureBeat, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, AllFacebook and www.pocketgamer.biz

Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:

Apple Can't Duck Giving Documents in Privacy Lawsuit — Apple Inc. (AAPL) must show in detail how it's complying with court orders to turn over evidence in a privacy lawsuit, a judge ruled, saying he can no longer rely on what the company tells him in the case.

More: The Register, CNET, The Next Web, VentureBeat, iDownloadBlog.com, Macgasm, Yahoo! News, ValueWalk, Electronista, iLounge and 9to5Mac

Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:

Apple CEO Tim Cook May Testify in E-Books Antitrust Suit — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook may testify in the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit against the world's biggest technology company over e-books pricing. — The U.S. sued Apple and a group of book publishers last year …

More: CNET, AppleInsider, Reuters, Forbes, MacRumors and App Advice

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